I Really Want to Find Her (Chinese Breeze Graded Reader Series, Level 1 300 Word Level)

by Liu Yuehua, Chu Chengzhi

"汉语风"是一套大型中文分级系列读物，共8级60余册。读者对象为中文水平由初级到高级的中学生和大中学生。丛书第1版出版以来深受学习者欢迎，受到学界认可，取得了很好的社会效益和经济效益，已出版17本，累计印次94次，印数224424册。近两年，市场反映装帧不够精美，第2版除了内容上做适当修订，重新设计封面和版式，改四色印刷，光盘改为二维码。 刘月华、储诚志主编的这本《我一定要找到她》为第1级第2册，根据作家原创故事改编。讲述了戴伟、杰夫和秋田是大学同学，他们看到一个中国女孩的照片，那个女孩太漂亮了，他们一起从国外坐飞机到中国，都想第一个找到那个女孩，第一个对那个女孩说"我喜欢你"。到了中国，他们三个人开始寻找那个女孩。秋田想第一个见到那个女孩，后来丢下戴伟和杰夫自己先走了；杰夫为了先见到那个女孩把要带的书扔在半路了；戴伟也想早点见到那个女孩，不过他还是坚持带着那些书。最后，他们谁先见到了那个女孩？他们有机会对那个女孩说"我喜欢你"吗？

Genres: China

65 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2018

Reviews

[Julián David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es bastante extraña la historia. puede que sea por el bajo nivel y el final es abrupto. Me molesta que usa muchas expresiones reducidas, lo cual dificulta entenderlas si no se han estudiado bien.

[G · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my third level 1 Chinese Breeze book. I preferred the others (Wrong Wrong Wrong and Can I Dance With You), as there was more of a mystery/crime storyline in those; here the plot is, without giving too much away: three college guys see a photo of a stranger who lives halfway around the world and decide that they all need to travel to China, figure out who and where she is, and date her. Because she's pretty. Their late professor also asked them to find her because her work was interesting, but mostly....she's pretty.

In any case, it was an approachable graded reader that incorporates a lot of the typical early classroom vocabulary, and it was enjoyable enough to read. Don't expect anything too deep.

[Lillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

I found a good range of new vocabulary within this graded reader; 'I Really Want to Find Her', compared to the other level 1 Chinese Breeze Graded Readers. I didn't enjoy the motivation the three male friends had in visiting China and would have preferred a different reason. I also didn't like the repetition of calling Jima very pretty; I found it excessive. It is a shame as the story had a lot of potential. If these two things were different, my rating would have likely been a 4,